Dr. Pratisha Borborah

Dr. Pratisha Borborah

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. : Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Research Interests:

Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology, Gender Studies, Social Stratification
Date of Joining : Dec 20, 2019

Phone: 9958976406
Email: pratisha.borborah@cottonuniversity.ac.in

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About

Dr. Pratisha Borborah

Career/ Services

  • Assistant Professor in Cotton University. (2019-till present)
  • Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) in Maitreyi College, Delhi University. (2017-2019)
  • Guest Lecturer in Cotton University. 2016 

Teaching

  • BLA 1st Semester (Sociological Foundation Course)
  • BLA 2nd Semester (Sociological Thinkers)
  • B.A 3rd Semester (Ecoonomic Sociology)
  • B.A 4rth Semester (Sociological Thought II)
  • B.A 5th Semester (Urban Sociology)
  • M.A 1st Semester (Economy and Society)
  • M.A 2nd Semester (Urban Sociology)
  • M.A 3rd Semester (Media and Culture)
  • M.A 4rth Semester (Sociology of Education)

Experience

  • Assistant Professor in Cotton University. (2019-till present)
  • Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) in Maitreyi College, Delhi University. (2017-2019)
  • Guest Lecturer in Cotton University. 2016 

Research Projects

Co-mentor in Summer Internship Research Project for undergraduate students Women and Desire: Exploring Female Sexuality, Period: May 2019-July 2019, Sponsoring Agency: Maitreyi College (Project Completed)

Research paper publications

2022

1. Pratisha Borborah and Krishna Surya Das, Building Agency: Women Vendors and Gendered Technology in Informal Markets in Assam, Gender and Development, vol. 30, 517-530, 3, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2022.2131260

2021

1. Cihnnita Baruah and Pratisha Borborah, A Re-Imagined Community: Pandemic, Media and State, India Review, vol. 20, 176-193, 02, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2021.1895562

2. Pratisha Borborah and Jyoti Das, Bringing the World Inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism, Springer, Singapore, 51-74, 978-981-16-2319-6, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2320-2_4

2020

1. Pratisha Borborah, Community, Trust and Belonging: Reflections from a Periodic Market, Journal of North East India Studies, vol. 10, 50-66, 02, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12784487

Research paper publications till 2021

  • Borborah, Pratisha and Das, Krishna Surya (2022): 'Building Agency: Women Vendors and Gendered Technology in Informal Markets in Assam',  Gender and Development, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 517-530.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2022.2131260   
  • Borborah, Pratisha and Das, Jyoti (2021): 'Bringing the World Inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism' in Sociological Reflections on the Covid 19 Pandemic in India (Edited Volume), Published by Springer Nature, Sinngapore. 
  • Baruah, Cihnnita and Borborah, Pratisha (2021): 'A Re-Imagined Community: Pandemic, Media and State', India Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 176-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2021.1895562 
  • Borborah, Pratisha (2020): Community, Trust and Belonging: Reflections from a Periodic Market in Assam, Journal of North East India Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 50-66. 
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Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)

1. Borborah, Pratisha and Das, Jyoti (2021): "Bringing the World inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism" in an edited book Sociological Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic in India, Springer: Singapore Pte Limited, ISBN- 978-981-16-2319-6

Book publication other than subject concerned

A Recipe on the Plate: Pandemic and the Art of Social Media (Counter Current publications) https://countercurrents.org/2020/05/a-recipe-on-the-plate-pandemic-and-the-art-of-social-media/?fbclid=IwAR15X_3a3VHvtiP5Fb9Ls2yZItqjUjmDnxVQL8YjZErr1WMqXAJoKXJKcew
Covid 19 Pandemic and Educational Crisis in India (published in India Resists)
Face Masks as a Fashion Statement: About Collective Consciousness and Class Distinction https://doingsociology2020.blogspot.com/2020/06/face-mask-as-fashion-statement-about.html

 

Awards

Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) awarded by UGC

Other Information

    1.  Meat is to Male and Vegetables is to Female: Gendered Food in a Weekly Market in Assam, 5th Annual South Asia Conference, Ireland India Institute, Dublin, 26th-29th April 2022.

    2. Bringing the world Home: Social Media and Identity, Webinar organized by Maitreyi College, Delhi University and Cotton University, Assam on “Home and the World in a Pandemic: Redefining the Normal’, 7th May, 2020.

    3. Mobility, Vulnerability and Informality: A Study of Everyday Precariousness in a Periodic Market in Assam: Research Workshop 2018 organised by Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies, Goethe University of Frankfurt and University of Bielefeld, Germany

    4. From Village to Cities: Understanding Livelihood in Periodic Markets in Guwahati, Assam: Graduate Conference 2017 organised by South Asia Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

    5. From Utility to Ethnic: Indian Handicrafts in a Post-Modern Consumer Society: National Level Graduate Research Meet 2015 organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam.

    6. Development of Village Economies: The role of Handicraft industry in XL (40th) All India Sociological Conference of the Indian Sociological Society organised by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, sponsored by UGC & ICSSR, New Delhi

Conference

1. Mobility, Vulnerability and Informality: A Study of Everyday Precariousness in a Periodic Market in Assam
Institute : Centre for East Asian Studies, Goethe Institute, Frankfurt
Place : Germany
Type of Conference : International
Date of Conference : 2018

2. From Village to Cities: Understanding Livelihood in Periodic Markets in Guwahati, Assam
Institute : School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS
Place : London, United Kingdom
Type of Conference : International
Date of Conference : 2017

International

1. Meat is to Male as Vegetables is to Female: Gendered Food in a Weekly Market in Assam
Institute : Ireland India Institute
Place : Dublin
Type of Conference : International
Date of Conference : 2022-04-26 to 2022-04-26

Invited Talks

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National

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Seminar

1. Bringing the World Inside Home: Social Media and Identity
Institute : Maitreyi College, Delhi University and Cotton University
Place : Online
Type of Conference : National
Date of Conference : 2020